October 4, 2023
October 4, 2023
Hear me out: Beeker of the House pic.twitter.com/t9cfcRtEr5
— Paranormal Warren G. Harding Activity (@PopeAwesomeXIII) October 4, 2023
Study Finds Predictive Policing Software Is Actually Pretty Terrible at Predicting Crimes
Study Claims Predictive Policing Doesn't Work Too Well
For years, cops have attempted to use data analysis to conduct more efficient investigations. A new study claims that's probably a huge waste of time.
Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station
Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station
Some gas station owners are falling victim to a sophisticated scam.
root with a single command: sudo logrotate | Joshua.Hu
The scenario is this: a brand new Ubuntu 22.04 server has an account which is restricted to running sudo logrotate *. Can we get root? Short answer: Yes. I couldn’t find much online about this type of exploitation of logrotate, so let’s document something for future use.
Marco Ivaldi: "New #Qualys #Security #Advisory! Looney Tunables…" - Infosec Exchange
New #Qualys #Security #Advisory! Looney Tunables: Local Privilege Escalation in the glibc's ld.so (CVE-2023-4911) https://www.qualys.com/2023/10/03/cve-2023-4911/looney-tunables-local-privilege-escalation-glibc-ld-so.txt
This fascinating DEF CON talk, Private Keys in Public Places, presents groundbreaking research on a critical vulnerability within Dell Compellent software by Tom Pohl, @LMGSecurity's Pentest Team Manager. Watch the full video here: https://t.co/lJqBGnAkkO #defcon #cybersecurity
— Sherri Davidoff (@SherriDavidoff) October 3, 2023
Images from real-time aircraft tracking website FlightAware apparently indicate that a 🇨🇳 PLA Y-9 flew beneath 🇭🇰 Cathay Pacific flight CX366 — using the civilian aircraft as a cover — from Hong Kong to Shanghai on Sep 24.
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) October 3, 2023
1/n https://t.co/CxthyyhYD0
🔖 Pitfalls of relying on eBPF for security monitoring (and some solutions)
— Marco Lancini (@lancinimarco) October 3, 2023
eBPF was never intended for security monitoring. It is first and foremost a networking and debugging tool. From @trailofbitshttps://t.co/bfJinhRBKH
Contraband phones in a SCIF? Reminds me of when I covered Chelsea Manning's hearing at Ft. Mead. They had a device on wall of press room that squawked loudly if any journalists snuck a phone into the room. But it kept squawking -- to everyone's annoyance -- so they disabled it. pic.twitter.com/GHcGZxQMel
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) October 3, 2023
found out that facebook messenger has ai generated stickers now and I don't think anyone involved has thought anything through pic.twitter.com/co987cRhyu
— podesbiens.bsky.social (@Pioldes) October 3, 2023
NEW: I spoke with Mikhail Matveev, who the U.S. accuses of having worked with several ransomware gangs.
— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) October 3, 2023
Matveev said he's not worried about the U.S. government as he trusts Russia will not deport him, but he's also burned his passport to avoid travel. https://t.co/TDoIVGS1wz
I'm VERY HAPPY to say that my Blogpost is out!!!!
— Alexa Souza (@w4fz5uck5) August 6, 2023
As a content, we'll discuss about how to exploit a simple (not so much) TypeConfusion vulnerabilities in a modern windows versions (Windows 11 22621).
Now let's get our SYSTEM privileged shell!https://t.co/DoEasQl3Ip
Xcode 15.1 beta 2 pic.twitter.com/yxaz18OubH
— Marcin Krzyzanowski (@krzyzanowskim) October 3, 2023
Strongly advise against any team trying to score against France at this year's Rugby World Cup... https://t.co/opg4iFvmnf
— Gareth Jennings (@GarethJennings3) October 3, 2023
1990: Clifford Stoll's book "The Cuckoo's Egg" was turned into an episode of NOVA entitled "The KGB, the Computer, and Me". Without spoiling it, it's a story of how he tracked down a hacker who broke into his employer's computer. Watch it for free: https://t.co/FZSRWwX6Lt pic.twitter.com/vSeX6a4kku
— Today In Infosec (@todayininfosec) October 3, 2023
UPDATE
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) October 3, 2023
Stories in British media of a fatal accident aboard a #Chinese submarine. This ties with rumors I reported in August.
More info from before British media got hold of it Here -> https://t.co/OVRhtP09na pic.twitter.com/LwwOlC6IsI
Introducing Silentio, the world’s first wearable necklace that lets you speak privately without being recorded by any device, including AI voice assistants.
— dirtman (b/sac) (@terrorproforma) October 3, 2023
Silentio uses ultrasound to detect and block any microphone that tries to capture your voice, whether it is a smartphone,… https://t.co/W8qZvsPVHg pic.twitter.com/fvTYftesGF
Remove A Speaker’s Voice From A Recording Using Ultrasound | Hackaday
What if you could effectively prevent someone from recording your voice? This is the focus of a study by Guo et al. (2022) at Michigan State University, in which they use a dynamically calculated a…
Anne L'Huillier, from my department in @lunduniversity, is the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics.
— Andrea Idini (@nuclearIdini) October 3, 2023
She was lecturing when she received the news, and she continued with the lecture of the fine structure. pic.twitter.com/lEsNPUjJb4
https://blog.cr.yp.to/20231003-countcorrectly.html
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4666420/the-linux-foundation-has-practically-abandoned-linux
Also this part. Whenever police say they want unfettered surveillance ONLY to combat things like child sex abuse, they're almost certainly lying.
— Matt Linton (@0xMatt) September 30, 2023
In the USA, this kind of capability will definitely be used to put pregnant women on watch lists, or pot smokers in prison. https://t.co/85Vsg8kEz0 pic.twitter.com/WshIxXyOxr